Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2025 to Glasgow 2026, John O'Shea got 0:17 faster than the field.
The clock says 3:37 faster, but the races themselves got 3:20 quicker for everyone.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:34 PB61/613Beat 90%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 0:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:20 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:39 faster: 0:59 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete0:39 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:13389/2771Beat 86%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 0:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:50 behind the field: 0:21 slower on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete0:21 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:52147/955Beat 85%
↑ 245 days after Glasgow 2025 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:11 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete3:19 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:11347/1588Beat 78%
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Toulouse8 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:381026/1789Beat 43%
↑ 85 days after Dublin 2024 6:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:10 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:18 faster for everyone: 6:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This athlete5:10 slower -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:28542/1221Beat 56%